Workers at the Blue Grass plant are turning an extended equipment outage into another opportunity to refresh their proficiencies and reinforce safety standards.
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Workers at the Blue Grass plant are turning an extended equipment outage into another opportunity to refresh their proficiencies and reinforce safety standards.
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Blue Grass plant workers completed the destruction of more than half of the drained, containerized VX nerve agent rocket warheads Sept. 20, meaning both secondary waste destruction campaigns are more than halfway complete.
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Blue Grass plant workers completed the destruction of more than half of the drained, containerized GB nerve agent rocket warheads, categorized as secondary waste, on Aug. 5.
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Blue Grass plant workers continue to be guided by the same principles during closure that helped them reach an internationally recognized milestone a year ago.
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Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, recently visited the Blue Grass plant to monitor the progress workers are making destroying components of chemical weapons.
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Remote-controlled robots are taking over some of the toughest work as the closure phase expands at the Blue Grass plant.
High-Tech Tools Taking Over Some Tough Blue Grass Tasks Read More »
The public is invited to comment on a permit modification request that, if approved, would add flexibility to the destruction of drained, containerized rocket warheads containing residual amounts of nerve agent at the Blue Grass plant while maintaining the strict focus on safety.
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The medical team continues to be ready to respond during closure activities at the Blue Grass plant.
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The continued focus on safety of workers, the community and the environment during closure activities has the laboratory team busy at the Blue Grass plant. “We’re as busy or busier now than we were during actual weapons destruction,” said Steve Downing, laboratory manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass (BPBG). “The agent monitoring systems are still online
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